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Richmond, Melbourne: Greenhouse Publications, 1984. 575 g; 157pp. Plates: Profusely Illust With Black and white Photographs & Line Drawings. The author Has Given Us, In this Book, A Lively Warm And Colouful Account Of The Practices Which Could Indeed 'Kil Or Cure'. -- rear panel blurb will stop the book is a graphic picture of medical eccentricity in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a study of the decent men who fought for unpopular beliefs; of likeable villains -- and a fair number of unmitigated scoundrels; of strange electrical devices and weird diagnostic procedures. The only fault with the book would appear to be the previous owner's name on the top right of the first page. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. History -- Australia.